Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu brought ball number two into his laboratory. He used the same trick of stuffing the little fellow’s mouth with food before proceeding with the extraction.

Sure enough, everyone in this race behaved similarly. The little fellow was especially obedient after being given food. But after the extraction, he looked at Su Yu with a questioning look. He had probably communicated with the first ball and concluded that Su Yu had not given him enough food.

Su Yu did not hesitate to give the little fellow another fake apple. He had to nourish this little fellow well or Dumbo wouldn’t be happy after learning that he had extracted one extra drop. With the second drop in hand, Su Yu rushed back to his cultivation room. Inside, he consumed the blood essence and activated the racial ability.

72 forgings!

Right after activation, Su Yu sensed 152 acupoints in his body releasing some energy. They weren’t releasing the heavenly source qi. Rather, they were releasing some regular source qi. Before long, the energy vanished.

There was no helping it. At the Source Opening Realm, these little balls were too weak. But Su Yu was unbothered. He was too busy feeling shocked. The iron devourer race actually required 152 acupoints for their racial ability?

Holy shit!

Even the first divine race’s Divine Transformation only required 152 acupoints. The difference was that the Divine Transformation was an offensive technique while this was a body forging art. Both stood at the very peak of their respective domains.

Su Yu was very surprised. What did this signify? This signified that in a way, the iron devourers were equal to the first divines and original devils.

“Ancient race…”

Su Yu muttered to himself. This iron devourer race was definitely an ancient race. The little furball was also a member of one. These ancient races were just as talented and incredible as the first divines and original devils.

At the very least, that applied to both the little furball and iron devourers he had met. They merely specialized in different things.

The little furball specialized in harming willpower and characters. The iron devourers specialized in their physical body and defenses. Meanwhile, the first divine race’s Divine Transformation was a powerful offensive technique. The original devil race’s Devil’s Descend was also an offensive technique. In Su Yu’s eyes, these races were similar in terms of talent and strength.

“With 152 acupoints that can automatically absorb heavenly source qi and forge their bodies, it will be weird if they aren’t strong.”

Su Yu didn’t know what to say.

In terms of the physical body alone, the iron devourers were probably stronger than even the divines and devils at the same cultivation level. The other racial abilities of the iron devourers were probably not as impressive as the abilities of the first divines and original devils.

The little balls might be weak, but Su Yu had still located the 152 acupoints with their blood essence. If he followed the circulation path, it was likely that he would be able to use their body forging art.

“I can give it a try…”

Su Yu recalled his previous sensation and started circulating his source qi accordingly. The 152 acupoints started pulling in source qi, but the process was extremely slow due to a lack of heavenly source qi.

Su Yu wasted no time and took out some heavenly source qi to start his absorption. He would be a first-stage Skysoar after completing the first forging. Of course, completing the first forging wasn’t a simple process. His entire body, including his flesh and bones, would be tempered. The process was essentially the shedding of his old body and the rebuilding of a new body. A large amount of heavenly source qi was absorbed. The blood essence he purchased earlier was being used up at a rapid pace.

Slowly, the pores on Su Yu’s skin started shrinking. A layer of golden light covered his skin. After thinking about it, he gathered his heavenly source qi on his right arm. He decided to first test it out on his right arm.

More and more heavenly source qi was used. And his right arm started shining with a golden light. After a while, he stopped. He frowned. The process was very slow. He would probably need a whole month to complete the first forging.

And he was using something with 72 forgings. The speed would only grow slower at the latter stages. At this rate, it would take him five or six years to complete all his forgings.

“It’s due to a lack of heavenly source qi. If I have enough heavenly source qi to fill my surroundings, I can probably complete this process sooner.”

Each forging would increase his strength by about 10 percent. That was the might of the forging process. According to his calculation, even with sufficient heavenly source qi, it would take him around half a month to complete a forging.

He would need at least two or three years to complete all forgings. But the increase in his strength…

Su Yu inhaled in shock. If he would obtain an increase of 10 percent in strength after each forging, just imagine how strong he would be at 72 forgings. Right now, 9 of his acupoints had the strength of 1,800 basic acupoints.

After a short calculation, Su Yu was dumbstruck. His strength would increase by 955 times. In other words, he would eventually have the strength of around 1.72 million acupoints.

Su Yu swallowed as he muttered, “If it’s a first divine or an original devil with 144 acupoints and 16 fused acupoints per stage, they will eventually achieve the strength of 400 acupoints after fusion. After 36 forgings at the Skysoar Realm, they will only obtain the strength of 12,400 acupoints. How much stronger will they get after the nine transformations of Cloudbreach?”

Su Yu was unsure. Was he really going to get so scary? After 72 forgings, he would be 200 times stronger than a first divine or an original devil of the same cultivation level? Then again, his foundation was excessively strong.

He had opened 360 acupoints. If he added 72 forgings on top of that, he would become truly scary. He could easily defeat first divines and original devils of the same level. Being 200 times stronger than them was not as simple as being able to defeat 200 of them at the same time.

“Nine transformations of Cloudbreach…but I still don’t know how much strength one can get from the nine transformations…”

In any case, the divines and devils would only have the strength of around 10,000 acupoints at the ninth-stage Skysoar Realm. That was actually a terrifying level of strength. That was far beyond Su Yu’s current level of strength.

For now, he could only utilize the strength of 1,800 acupoints. The gap was massive. He also tried calculating the strength of Skysoars with 36 acupoints and 9 forgings. That was probably the weakest category of Skysoars. After completing his calculation, he had an odd expression.

Theoretically, at the ninth stage, such a person would have the strength of 120 acupoints. Of course, in an actual combat situation, one would be slightly stronger. But even so, such a person would not be stronger than 200 acupoints. That was the level of the weakest of Skysoars.

Meanwhile, the first divines and original devils had the strength of 12,400 acupoints at the same level. What a big gap. Over 60 times stronger. No wonder everyone claimed that the divines and devils were strong.

“I’ve never encountered a ninth-stage Skysoar with the strength of 200 acupoints before. Does someone this weak even exist?”

Su Yu sank into contemplation. Did someone like that exist? That was way too weak, right? He could kill someone like that with one slap. He was nine times stronger than that person. How could that person be his match?

He also realized that he had been underestimating the divines and devils all along. Then again, even among the members of these races, their strength varied. Including the first divines and original devils, not everyone could open 144 acupoints, fuse 16 of them, and undergo 36 forgings.

Theoretically, only the strongest ninth-stage Skysoars among them could unleash the strength of over 10,000 acupoints. As for Su Yu, he needed at least 20 forgings to reach that level. Since he needed eight forgings per stage, he would need to reach the third stage of the Skysoar Realm.

“In that case, I’ll be a match for a top-tier divine or devil Skysoar at the third-stage Skysoar Realm. Are there such individuals among them?”

He wasn’t sure. He only knew that he would be unrivaled within the Skysoar Realm at the third stage. At that time, he would be the strongest Skysoar in existence. After learning how big the gap could be between those in the same cultivation level, Su Yu finally understood why it was so hard for minor races to rise to power.

The gap was simply too big to close. He never realized how weak a 36-acupoint Skysoar could be. He had never thought about this before, but after what he learned, he couldn’t help pitying them. He wondered if his father would advance into the Skysoar Realm with the Xia Family’s help. That old man better not do so. He should open more acupoints instead.

A 36-acupoint Skysoar was so weak it was pitiful even with nine forgings. Even now, Su Yu was already strong enough to crush a Skysoar like that to death with one finger.

***

While Su Yu was busy pitying his father.

Allheaven Battlefield.

Devil Subduing Army.

The 1000-man army Su Long was in had not been assigned any missions lately. They had been allowed to rest behind the front lines. But everyone knew that Su Long was the one who was being stopped from going to the front lines.

News of what happened had spread everywhere. Su Long’s son, Su Yu, had fled Great Xia to join Great Ming. Great Xia had commanded that Su Long’s safety be guaranteed. In such a situation, he had naturally been forbidden from entering the front lines.

Some higher-ups of the army had already visited Su Long to talk about his withdrawal to the eastern sector. They were offering to let him stay in the headquarters and work on logistics instead.

Inside the encampment.

As usual, Su Long was chatting with his colleagues.

“I told you my son is amazing. Do all of you believe me now?”

“Yeah, yeah…”

They had complicated expressions.

His son was amazing, but he had joined Great Ming.

After joking around with his comrades for a bit, Su Long sank into silence. Then, he said, “Brothers, I am leaving soon. I’ll be going to the headquarters. If I stay here, I’ll only be a burden. The army needs to have experts protecting me at all times if I remain here.”

Su Long grinned, “I’m not important enough for that. So I won’t be staying here and trouble everyone. The commander said that my presence would put everyone in danger. So be it. I can’t let all of you suffer because of me. My son’s name is now known to the myriad races. He’s now a big deal.

“But since he’s now a big deal, things are getting troublesome for me as well. That damn kid is such a troublemaker.”

Su Long sighed.

An old soldier laughed and said, “Even now, you’re still trying to brag. Your son is amazing, not you. Old Su, just leave. It’s not like we won’t see each other anymore. Are you going to the headquarters or returning to Great Xia?”

Su Long shook his head, “I’m not returning. I might cause more trouble for my son. I might as well stay in the headquarters. There, people like Great Qin King will appear every now and then. It’s safer there. Who knows if Great Xia is safe…”

He curled his lips. He wasn’t stupid. Great Xia might not be as safe as the headquarters. His safety would only be guaranteed if he joined his son in Great Ming. But that felt too weird for him. He decided to return to the headquarters and do some odd jobs there instead.

“I wanted to fight for a better future on the front lines so that I can better provide for my son. But looks like that’s not necessary anymore. I’m getting old anyway. It’s not a bad thing for me to go back.”

Su Long laughed, “Don’t miss me after I’m gone. I can feel that I’m near the Skysoar Realm. The next time you see me, you might need to address me as Lord Su.”

“Just piss off already.”

Old Liu laughed and said, “Go as far as you can. With you here, I have to constantly worry about losing my head. Don’t worry. With you gone, we’ll kill more enemies in your stead.”

Old Liu teased, “Old Su, you’re too materialistic. After your son got famous, you stopped asking about my daughter.”

Su Long rolled his eyes, “My son caught the eyes of the Zhu Family. Why would he be interested in your daughter?”

He added with a whisper, “Your daughter better stay far away from my son. That kid is too ferocious. Your daughter won’t be able to withstand him.”

After all, his son was already ferocious enough to get Sunmoons killed. Thus, his wife had to either be someone strong or someone with a strong background. Otherwise, she would only suffer.

Old Liu laughed. He wasn’t offended. He knew that some things were a lot more complicated than it seemed. Old Su’s son might be famous, but things might not end well for him.